The West Indies and England drew a second straight Test in Barbados, leaving their sequence to be determined within the third and last Test in Grenada.
England didn’t declare its second innings till through the lunch break on Sunday, when it was 185-6 and led by 281 runs at Kensington Oval.
That supplied the West Indies 282 runs to win from 65 overs at greater than 4 an over. That was no assist to the England bowlers, and too steep for the batsmen to assault.
The residence facet dug in on a pitch with little life in it and, after some early drama, held out for all 65 overs to complete on 135-5 at barely two runs per over.
Captain Kraigg Brathwaite, who batted for almost 12 hours within the first innings for 160, steered the facet to security within the second with one other monumental effort. He batted greater than 4 hours for 56 runs from 184 balls.
England’s Ben Stokes, again, celebrates the dismissal of West Indies’ Jermaine Blackwood throughout day 5 of their second cricket Test match on the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, Sunday, March 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
England earned some hope when it diminished West Indies to 39-3 within the thirteenth over.
Spinner Jack Leach acquired John Campbell out for 10 in his first over after a evaluation, and new quick bowler Saqib Mahmood acquired edges from Shamarh Brooks and Nkrumah Bonner into the fingers of Joe Root.
Jermaine Blackwood reunited with Brathwaite, and the pair which mixed for 183 from 69 overs within the first innings, shared 50 from 25 overs on Sunday. Then Blackwood was Leach’s second wicket of the day for 27 from 84.
Leach additionally bagged Jason Holder for a duck as he ended up bowling 94.5 overs total, essentially the most by an Englishman in a check in 60 years. He took six wickets within the match.
West Indies was 5 down with 20 overs to go however Brathwaite, on his residence floor, refused to depart.
England’s captain Joe Root, proper, shakes fingers with West Indies’ captain Kraigg Brathwaite on the finish of day 5 of their second cricket Test match on the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados, Sunday, March 20, 2022. The match led to a draw. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
He acquired to his half-century with 10 overs left. He blocked out his final 16 deliveries. Brathwaite handed Brian Lara to face essentially the most deliveries (673) in a single check by a West Indies participant.
Joshua Da Silva was rather a lot bolder, taking boundaries off Root, Dan Lawrence and Ben Stokes to attain 30 not out from 63.
The West Indies totaled 411 and 135-5 in reply to England’s declarations at 507-9 and 185-6.
England was batting firstly of the day, resuming from 40 with out loss.
It wanted to make fast runs and, between three rain delays, acquired them.
Stokes made 19 off 18, Jonny Bairstow 29 off 25, and Lawrence a team-high 41 from 39. Spinner Veerasammy Permaul took 2-29 for 5 wickets total within the match.
But after a daring declaration in Antigua on the final day of the primary check, England left its declaration too late on the final day in Barbados.
The third Test begins on Thursday.
